Use of high ink

I don't print that much, but my Photosmart 5520 uses a lot of ink.  It uses especially more Cyan of ink than the other colors.  I print documents, not photos and mostly in black and white.  The printer uses Cyan Ink when printing b & w?  Is there a way to just use black ink?

Hi ew72,.

I recommend the continuation of this thread of Apple on How to print black and white on the Cougar?  This should give you instructions step by step on changing your settings.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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